428 CXLIII, CYPERACEA. [Scleria 
Serres Il. Laxæ.— Weak plants, under 1 ft. and probably 
annual. Spikelets strictly unisexual, in axillary clusters or few in 
loose spikes, the males with several flowers, the females without empty 
glumes above the flower. Stamens usually 2. 
with 1 or 2 peduaculate clusters or flowering branches with the ey 
one in the lo axils, the foliage and inflorescence either sprinkle 
with short hairs or quite glabrous. Male spikelets stipitate 1n the 
t 
each flower. Female spikelets non sessile. Glumes usually a 
B 
F. Muell. Fragm. ix. : 
N. Australia. Port Darwin, Schultz, n. 80; Upper Victoria River, F. 
Mueller. 
Queensland. Endeavour River, Banks and Solander, Rockingham Bay, 
Dallachy. 
This species closely connects the preceding with the following ones. 
nate, no empty ones above the flower. Nut ovoid-globular, eth 
reticulate. Disk adnate, with 3 short undulate lobes, at first ae 
rather acute, but thickened and obtuse with recurved sinuses under S 
ripe nut, the outer disk not prominent.—F. Muell. Fragm. 1x. 21; 
Nove-Hollandie, Bockel. m Flora, 1875, 120 (from the char. given) 
N. Australia. North Coast, R, Brown. “toy ; Port 
Rocki cham: Ba Hack ; risbane River, Bailey ; 
Mey duis DONNA Pomme Mekdei) 
Szmixs III. SUBSPICATR. — Perennials. Inflorescence scarcely 
